Vegetable-paring machine.



H. ROBINSUN. VEGETABLE PARING MACHINE. APPLIQATION FILED MAR. 19, 1914. I

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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HENRY ROBINSON, or sour ORANGE, NE JERSEY.

VEGETABLE-EARING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed March 19, 1914. Serial No. 825,762.

.;To allwkoht-z'tmay concern Be it known thatI, HENRY ROBINSON, a-

citizen. of the United States, residing at South Orange,' in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Vegetable-Faring Machines;

and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be' idly peeled without handling and-within a small space... i

' The invention is particularlyintended for i application to household use, where it can be embodled in apparatus which is easily portable and can be attached to a Wall, table,

sink or tubs, as desired.

The invention, in a preferred form, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the entire device, Fig. 2 is a section of the container and lining on the plane 2--2 of Fig; 1, Fig. 3 is a Vertical median section of the upper ortions of the device, Fig. 4 is a section the rotary supporting and peeling member, and Fig. 5 shows adetail in per-- sp'ective.

'The specific device as shown comprises a container preferably made of sheet iron or steel and preferably piiovided with ribs 11 pressed inward as shown; which cpntainer is preferably supported by a casting 12 having a jaw 13 provided with a pres sure screw 14 in a well known manner,

whereby the whole can be attached to a table 15 or other supporting rojection. The

container 10 supports .the removable water reservoir 16, which preferably fits onto the 5 top of the container and-has a bead 17 whereby the said reservoir is supported. orated and two openings are shown at 18. Upon .this reservoir being filled with water, the

perforations will cause a distribution over the contents of the container.

I prefer to employ a removable sheet iron or steel lining 19 which fits into the container 10, being snugly confined by theribs 11 as clearly shown in Fig. 2; thereby affording plenty of room in the spaces 20 for the disposition of the particles of peel as they are removed. This lining is roughened on the interior and this is preferably accomplished by punching holes inward in a well known manner, so that as the'potatoes or other vegetables are circulated and thrown outward and upwardagainst' this perforated casing, the particles of peel are removed by the edges of the openings and escape, to a certain extent, through the spaces 20 between the lining and the container. In order to insurethe lining 19 being firmly held and not being permitted to revolve, I prefer to cut away the same opposite the ribs ll as shown at 21 in Fig. 5, bending the immediate edges of the opening 21 outward and thus forminga socket which slides down each rib 11 for the purpose above stated.

The rotary impelling and peeling member consists preferably of a casting 22 having carborundum or equivalent material cast into its upper face to provide an abradant surface. The peculiar shape of this member has beenicarefully determined by experiment and its characteristics are quite different from those which are appropriate in the larger types of machine which have hitherto been made. The shape of the memher is shown in Figs. 3 and 4 by two sections atright angles to each other, and it will be seen. that the member in, question is saddle-shapedIwith a concave portion on is taken ona section plane at right angles to the right of the saddle, while Fig. 3 is taken on a plane in the lineof the ridge. The con-- cave portions 011 each side of the ridge should be so proportioned and shaped assubstantially to conform to the shape of a large potato, and in practicethese machines are best made in such proportions that each concav ty will receivev from one large to two 'or three smaller potatoes.

I'haye found by experiment that a disk of the saddle-shape shown and described will act efiiciently to circulate a deep mass of potatoes within the lining 19, while at the sametime' causing the skin to be removed, principally by the surface ,23 of the member .22 but also to a considerable extent by the each side of tlie ridge of the saddle. Fig. 4:

is driven by another beveled gear 28 on the shaft 29 turned by the handle 30. The debris passes out partly through the openings in the lining l9 and partly over the edge of the member 22 which may itself be perforated if desired. The portion which passes downward from the member 22 is carried oii by the water through the opening 31.

The lining-19 can be readily removed and cleaned. This is a very-important feature in machines of this character and, indeedit is important that the whole interior of the device should be capable of being easily reached in all parts for cleaning, as is the case with the device shown. The rotating member 22 can, of course, be lifted ofl' of th shaft 26 whenever desired.

Various changes may be made in this device without departing from this invention and I do not limit myself to the details herein shown and described.

\Vhat I claim is 1. A vegetable peeling machine comprising a container made in two parts, one of which has an abrading surface and slips within the other part; one of said parts being rovided with ribs whereby a space is provided between the two parts, substantially as described.

2. A vegetable peeling machine having an outer container with inwardly projecting ribs and an inner lining adapted to slide down between said ribs, said'lining having an abradant inner surface, substantially as described.

3. In a vegetable peeling machine, an outer container having inwardly projecting ribs and a removable abradant lining adapt-- ed to slide down and be confined between said ribs, said lining having openings with projecting sides fitting over said ribs to prevent the lining from turning, substantially as described. 7

LIn a vegetable peeling machine, a rotary peeling and supporting member having a concave abradant surface formed to provide a median ridge with curved concave surfaces falling away from each side thereof, substantially as described.

5., In a vegetable peeling machine, a rotarypeeling and supporting member having an abrading surface formed to provide a median ridge raised on both ends and sloping gradually outward to form a concave surface on each side of said ridge, substantially as described.

6. In a vegetable peeling machine, a concave saddle-shaped rotary, peeling and supporting member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY ROBINSON. 

